Tis the season of giving, so we here at the House of Miles thought, 'What better way to kick off the season than by giving away nearly 100,000 bonus miles to FlyerTalkers?'

To spread the joy, we will be giving away a prize a day for 12 days -- hence the 12 Days of Christmas

There are, of course, an assortment of rules governing this contest and we will spell all of them out in good time. But before we get bogged down in all of that, here are the most important things you need to know:

- Beginning on Dec. 11 at 12 p.m. (noon) MT we will post the member name of the first potential winner right here at the top of this thread. This person will be eligible to win the Day 1 prize of 1,000 miles (the Day 2 prize will be 2,000 miles, Day 3, 3,000 miles, and so on).

- The person whose name is posted will have 24 hours to send a private message (PM) to the 12 Days member account (“12 Days”) to claim the prize. That's it, that's all you have to do. If you only remember one rule, this is the one to remember. You could forget all the rest, but if you know this one you could still win a big bunch of miles.

- If a prize goes unclaimed, it will "play forward" and be added to the next day's prize total (read some examples of what this means exactly in this milepost).

- If you decide you only want to remember two rules, add this one to your list -- you will have opportunities to win 5,000-mile bonus prizes along the way for completing designated activities. These activities need to be completed BEFORE YOU SEE YOUR NAME POSTED. Learn exactly what you have to do in this milepost.

So that's the contest in a nutshell. You can read a complete version of the rules in this milepost.

Again, the important thing to remember is that you need to check back to this thread every day during the contest to find out if your name has been posted.

Good luck and Happy Holidays.